Eights 2004

MEN'S BUMPS WOMEN'S BUMPS

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Pembroke 201 187 Pembroke 2 New College 147 163 New College 3 Christ Church 146 147 S.E.H. 4 Oriel 139 142 Magdalen 5 S.E.H. 130 141 Christ Church 6 Magdalen 127 138 Oriel 7 Wadham 122 118 Wadham 8 St Catherine's 118 111 St Catherine's 9 Merton 117 104 Exeter 10 Lincoln 114 103 Merton 11 Exeter 108 101 Balliol 12 Keble 100 100 Queen's 13 Hertford 98 98 Keble 14 University 97 96 Hertford 15 Balliol 90 96 Lincoln 16 Brasenose 86 96 University 17 Queen's 86 82 Brasenose 18 Somerville 78 79 Somerville 19 Jesus 72 77 Worcester 20 Trinity 65 71 Jesus 21 Worcester 65 65 Trinity 22 St Hilda's 59 64 St John's 23 Wolfson 59 57 Osler-Green 24 St John's 59 55 L.M.H. 25 L.M.H. 56 54 Linacre 26 St Anne's 53 51 Wolfson 27 Linacre 51 51 St Hilda's 28 Osler-Green 51 50 St Peter's 29 St Peter's 50 47 St Anne's 30 Corpus Christi 39 38 Mansfield 31 Mansfield 37 38 Corpus Christi 32 St Hugh's 31 32 St Hugh's 33 St Antony's 15 16 St Antony's 34 Regent's Park 7 6 St Benet's Hall 35 St Benet's Hall 5 6 Regent's Park

STATISTICS College All Crews Men's Crews Women's Crews [ ]=ranking Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Queen's 7[ 2] 15[ 1] 2.14[ 4] 3[ 4] 9[ 1] 3.00[ 4] 4[ 1] 6[ 3] 1.50[ 9] Worcester 6[ 4] 14[ 2] 2.33[ 3] 2[20] 6[ 4] 3.00[ 4] 4[ 1] 8[ 2] 2.00[ 6] University 7[ 2] 9[ 3] 1.29[ 8] 5[ 1] 9[ 1] 1.80[11] 2[11] 0[15] 0.00[15] St Peter's 5[13] 8[ 4] 1.60[ 5] 3[ 4] 2[11] 0.67[14] 2[11] 6[ 3] 3.00[ 1] Jesus 4[19] 6[ 5] 1.50[ 6] 3[ 4] 3[ 9] 1.00[12] 1[28] 3[ 8] 3.00[ 1] Osler-Green 2[29] 5[ 6] 2.50[ 2] 1[28] 3[ 9] 3.00[ 4] 1[28] 2[11] 2.00[ 6] Linacre 4[19] 5[ 6] 1.25[ 9] 2[20] 4[ 5] 2.00[ 7] 2[11] 1[12] 0.50[12] S.E.H. 6[ 4] 5[ 6] 0.83[12] 3[ 4] -4[27] -1.33[27] 3[ 3] 9[ 1] 3.00[ 1] St Benet's Hall 1[35] 4[ 9] 4.00[ 1] 1[28] 4[ 5] 4.00[ 1] St John's 6[ 4] 4[ 9] 0.67[13] 3[ 4] 0[17] 0.00[17] 3[ 3] 4[ 6] 1.33[11] St Antony's 2[29] 3[11] 1.50[ 6] 1[28] 4[ 5] 4.00[ 1] 1[28] -1[19] -1.00[21] Christ Church 6[ 4] 3[11] 0.50[14] 4[ 3] 0[17] 0.00[17] 2[11] 3[ 8] 1.50[ 9] Somerville 2[29] 2[13] 1.00[10] 1[28] 2[11] 2.00[ 7] 1[28] 0[15] 0.00[15] Mansfield 2[29] 2[13] 1.00[10] 1[28] -1[19] -1.00[23] 1[28] 3[ 8] 3.00[ 1] Exeter 5[13] 2[13] 0.40[15] 3[ 4] -3[23] -1.00[23] 2[11] 5[ 5] 2.50[ 5] L.M.H. 4[19] 1[16] 0.25[16] 2[20] 8[ 3] 4.00[ 1] 2[11] -7[32] -3.50[32] New College 6[ 4] 1[16] 0.17[17] 3[ 4] 2[11] 0.67[14] 3[ 3] -1[19] -0.33[19] St Hugh's 4[19] 0[18] 0.00[18] 2[20] 4[ 5] 2.00[ 7] 2[11] -4[28] -2.00[28] St Catherine's 4[19] 0[18] 0.00[18] 2[20] 2[11] 1.00[12] 2[11] -2[23] -1.00[21] Wadham 5[13] -1[20] -0.20[20] 3[ 4] 2[11] 0.67[14] 2[11] -3[25] -1.50[26] Pembroke 8[ 1] -3[21] -0.38[21] 5[ 1] -3[23] -0.60[20] 3[ 3] 0[15] 0.00[15] St Hilda's 2[29] -3[21] -1.50[30] 2[11] -3[25] -1.50[26] Lincoln 6[ 4] -4[23] -0.67[22] 3[ 4] -5[29] -1.67[28] 3[ 3] 1[12] 0.33[13] Keble 5[13] -4[23] -0.80[23] 3[ 4] -3[23] -1.00[23] 2[11] -1[19] -0.50[20] Brasenose 5[13] -4[23] -0.80[23] 3[ 4] -8[32] -2.67[31] 2[11] 4[ 6] 2.00[ 6] Trinity 4[19] -4[23] -1.00[26] 2[20] -4[27] -2.00[29] 2[11] 0[15] 0.00[15] Corpus Christi 3[28] -4[23] -1.33[29] 1[28] 2[11] 2.00[ 7] 2[11] -6[31] -3.00[31] Magdalen 6[ 4] -5[28] -0.83[25] 3[ 4] -2[21] -0.67[21] 3[ 3] -3[25] -1.00[21] Balliol 6[ 4] -6[29] -1.00[26] 3[ 4] -2[21] -0.67[21] 3[ 3] -4[28] -1.33[25] Oriel 6[ 4] -7[30] -1.17[28] 3[ 4] -8[32] -2.67[31] 3[ 3] 1[12] 0.33[13] Hertford 4[19] -8[31] -2.00[31] 2[20] -1[19] -0.50[19] 2[11] -7[32] -3.50[32] Regent's Park 2[29] -8[31] -4.00[35] 1[28] -6[31] -6.00[34] 1[28] -2[23] -2.00[28] Wolfson 4[19] -9[33] -2.25[33] 2[20] -5[29] -2.50[30] 2[11] -4[28] -2.00[28] St Anne's 4[19] -9[33] -2.25[33] 3[ 4] -8[32] -2.67[31] 1[28] -1[19] -1.00[21] Merton 5[13] -10[35] -2.00[31] 3[ 4] -3[23] -1.00[23] 2[11] -7[32] -3.50[32]

Notes

• Wed 26 – Sat 29 May 2004

• The Times Wed 26 May

  Pembroke Poised

  Pembroke start the Oxford Summer Eights today defending both headships. Their toughest challenge will be in the women's divisions and comes from a formidable New College. With little to choose between most of the top women's crews, few are likely to achieve a bump at the top of the first division. For the men, even a powerful Oriel look doubtful to retake the headship from Pembroke.

• The Times Thu 27 May just contains a list of Wednesday's bumps with no extra reporting.
• The Times Fri 28 May

  There was no change at the head of the men's and women's top divisions on the second day of rowing. Before the last race, a minute's silence was held in memory of Emily Harris, a member of St Catherine's third eight, who was killed in a road accident in Oxford on Wednesday afternoon.

• The Times Sat 29 May just contains a list of Friday's bumps with no extra reporting.
• The Times Mon 31 May

  Magdalen end long wait

  Magdalen College ended 50 years in the wilderness by winning the men's headship of the four-day Oxford University Summer Eights that ended on Saturday. They were the only crew in the top division to win blades. Nothing compared to the meteoric rise of Queen's III in the men's sixth division: starting in eleventh, they made three bumps, an overbump and a rare double overbump to move up five places and into the fifth division.

  New College, who caught Pembroke on Friday, comfortably rowed over on the last day to finish head of the women's first division.

• The Times Wed 9 June, from the 'People' (gossip) section

  Pushing the boat out

  They have become class conscious at Magdalen College, Oxford, which won the summer eights for the first time since 1954. By tradition the team celebrates by burning the boat, but Anthony Smith, the president, has decreed that the boat should got to a state school. Perhaps Laura Spence's North-East comprehensive? [see Laura Spence Affair]

• Review from the 2005 Eights Programme, by Alasdair Robbie

  Pembroke started the week's racing 1st, but were not to finish there, ending up 3rd on the river. Oriel bumped them on the first day a few boat lengths from the finish to reclaim the top spot that they had lost the previous year. However, it was Magdalen who were to end the week at the top, having bumped Exeter, Pembroke and finally Oriel on the Friday to regain the Headship for the first time in 50 years. There were no blades in division 1, but New and Balliol also managed to go up 3 places throughout the week, while Christ Church and Lincoln both ended down 4. Meanwhile Wadham managed to get involved in the bumping action, changing position on the river for the first time in 17 Eights races and making it into the bottom of division 1. Lower down the divisions blades were awarded to St John's, Worcester, LMH amd Wadham M2 who all went up 4, Jesus M3 who went up 6, and Queen's [M3] who managed a massive 10 bumps.

  At the top of women's division 1, Pembroke's reign came to an end, being bumped by New on the Friday. Elsewhere at the top of the women's divisions, St Edmund Hall went up 6 to finish the week in 3rd, and Queen's came into the 1st division, going up 5 in the 4 days, meanwhile St Catz ended the week with spoons, finishing at 11th in division 1. Lincoln W2 were one of only a handful of women's crews to win blades in 2004, ending up 7 at 7th in division 4. Merton W2, LMH W2 and Oriel W2 all ended the week down 4.

• Magdalen head crew taken from photo caption in 2005 Eights Programme, New College from crew listed in 2004 Eights Programme.

New College
B:	Kirsty Ross
2:	Victoria Marvell
3:	Christina Nelson
4:	Emma Ormerod
5:	Cindy Drakeman
6:	Hannah Ledermann
7:	Sarah Livermore
S:	Catherine Davidson
C:	Stefan Schrijnen
Coach:	Ben Reed

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